The consortium Spie Sud Est/Yvroud Europeenne des Fluides, Feyzin secured the EUR7.6 million contract for equipment maintenance in the Grand Lyon tunnels, the most important of which are Fourviere (1,850 m), Croix-Rousse (1,750 m), Brotteaux-Servient and Vivier-Merle (336 m). For more, contact Communaute Urbaine de Lyon, fax +33 478 957097, or visit http://marches.grandlyon.com. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=058386-2010. 11/10...

Gähler und Partner AG of Ennetbaden have secured the EUR2.28 million contract for PM designer for safety refurbishment in 1.14 km-long Mosi tunnel on A4, near Brunnen. Contact OFROU, Zofingen, tel +41 6274575-11, fax -90, e-mail beschaffung.zofingen@astra.admin.ch. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=062920-2010. 11/10...

IG BP2, c/o Bänziger Partner AG of Zurich, secured the EUR2.63 million contract from BAMO for 5.7 km-long N3 Kerenzer tunnel. Contact OFROU, Winterthour, tel +41 522344-711, fax -790, e-mail winterthur@astra.admin.ch. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=062921-2010. 11/10..

Construction contract for Kuechelberg tunnel awarded to PAC SpA consortium, value EUR34,695,272 excluding VAT. More from PAC in Capo di Ponte, tel +39 0364331037, fax +39 036442303, e-mail info@pacspa.it and client APB in Bozen, tel +39 04714125-14, fax –39, e-mail gare-11.5@provincia.bz.it Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=071475-2010. 11/10...

Rete Ferroviaria Italiana SpA is inviting companies to prequalify for civil engineering work on railway tunnels in Italy. Further information and documents from Iacomino Raffaele at Gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato in Milan, tel +39 02637 148-19, fax –20, e-mail dns-qs@rfi.it to whom requests to participate should be sent. Visit

Pre-feasibility study being undertaken by ILF Consulting Engineers for construction of single track railway line along the Karakorum highway between the end of the existing railway network in the south at Havelian and the border between Pakistan and China near the famous Khunjrab Pass in the north.

Prequalification underway by MTR for tender reference no 703 for West Island Line SHW to SYP tunnels value EUR30 million with a view to selective invitations to tender being issued in 4Q/2008 for contract award in 3Q/2009. Expressions of interest to Malcolm O’Neill, tel 3921 3383, e-mail moneill@mtr.com.hk Visit www.mtr.com.hk/eng/tenders/new_projects.html 45/08.

ANAS, the Italian national road administration, has declared in the public interest on 23rd April, 2008 a proposal submitted by a joint venture formed by Impregilo (leader, with a 47% share), Astaldi (24%), Pizzarotti (18%) and Itinera (11%) as concessionaire of the project finance initiative for the construction and management of the road link between the Port of Ancona and motorway A14 and the Adriatica national road SS 16. The project value amounts to approx. EUR580 million.

ANAS, the Italian national road administration, has declared in the public interest on 23rd April, 2008 the offer of Gemmo, Uniland, Consorzio Ravennate delle Cooperative di Produzione e Lavoro and Sintel Engineering to upgrade, bring to standards and manage the equipment in the tunnels operated in Lombardy. The group of companies will take advantage of a pre-emption right over other bidders. Visit www.gemmo.com, www.consrav.net and www.sintelitalia.com 18-19/08.

ANAS, the Italian road administration, has declared in the public interest on 23rd April, 2008 a proposal submitted by Silec, Egis Projects, Maltauro Consorzio Stabile and Tecnis for the design, construction and operation of a toll road link from the connection of road SS 514 Chiaramente with road SS 115 to the connection of road SS 194 Ragusana with road SS 114. The next stage is the approval of the project by the CIPE (interministerial committee for economic planning) and then tenders will be invited to choose a concessionaire but the group of companies will have a preemption right. The south carriageway Ragusa-Catania includes 13 bored tunnels for a total length of 5,983 metres, the longest of which is 1,045 metres in length, and four cut-and-cover tunnels totalling 1,822 metres. The north carriageway Catania-Ragusa includes also 13 bored tunnels for a total length of 6,247 metres, the longest of which is 1,012 metres in length, and five cut-and-cover tunnels totalling 1,361 metres. Visit www.silec.it, www.egis-projects.com, www.gruppomaltauro.it and www.tecnis.it 18-19/08.

Negotiated invitation to tender, deadline 23rd May, 2008 for geotechnical investigation for the interconnector project, a 5.2 km-long, twin bore tunnel for electrified heavy rail in Dublin city centre linking the Belfast line to the Cork line. It is currently anticipated that there will be five underground stations at Docklands, Pearse Street, Saint Stephen’s Green, Christchurch and Heuston. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=107611-2008, OJ S 79, or contact Irish Rail, Dublin, fax +353 18880212. E-mail tommy.conlon@irishrail.ie 18-19/08.

A total of 56 national and foreign companies have expressed interest in the conceptual design for Bogota’s mass transit metro network and the technical, legal and financial scope of the first metro line. Among these, 35 are joint ventures from various countries. The second phase of the process is the evaluation of the information sent by the candidates to then establish a shortlist in accordance with the requirements of the World Bank. Then, the prequalified candidates will be invited to prepare and submit their bids. To know the companies who expressed interest

Negotiated invitation to tender, deadline 5th May, 2008 for boreholes with a diameter of 1.2 m up to a depth of 20 m and one borehole up to a depth of 30 m on section 8760 Aich-Althofen of the Koralm line from Graz to Klagenfurt. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=103247-2008, OJ S 76, or contact ÖBB Infrastruktur, Vienna, fax +43 4242930003746 or 4242930005699. E-mail manfred.lientschnig@bau.oebb.at 18-19/08.

Tender notice, deadline 29th May, 2008 for feasibility study, detailed technical analysis and design for a new highway in the Tirana/Durazzo/Rrogozhine/Elbasan region. The project is expected to comprise approximately some 30-34 km of single carriageway including approximately 2 to 3 km of tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=103286-2008, OJ S 77, or contact Delegation of the European Commission in Albania, Contracts, finance and audit section, Rruga e Durresit, 127/1 (Laprake), Tirana, Albania. 18-19/08.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 2nd June, 2008 for safety and health coordination for Line 9 of the Barcelona metro related to the infrastructure, stations and installations of several sections. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=98894-2008, OJ S 73, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail correu@gisa.es 17/08.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 19th May, 2008 for design of a new metro line from Chamartin to Torrejon de Ardoz (infrastructure and fit-out). The new line, 7.5 km in length, includes three stations (Avenida de la Constitución, Londres and Soto del Henares) and will run below ground through the industrial parks of San Fernando de Henares and in Torrejon de Ardoz. The line will start from San Fernando de Henares near the M-45 then heading north to Torrejon de Ardoz and Soto del Henares. It then emerges to the surface near the M-50 and connects with the Madrid-Barcelona rail line and ends at Chamartin station, providing interchange with lines 1 and 10. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=100497-2008, OJ S 74, or contact Mintra, Madrid, fax +34 914880598. 17/08.

Negotiated invitation to tender, deadline 30th May, 2008 for construction of the new Midgardsormen sewage system along Akerselva and at Bjørvika to Gamlebyen in Oslo. The pipeline will go into a rock tunnel to Bekkelaget treatment plant where a pump station will be constructed. The project will be built using microtunnelling (approx. 2,500 m long, 2,000 mm inner diameter), with launch and reception shafts, and drilling (500-600 mm inner diameter). The project will mainly be 8-15 mm deep. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=103258-2008, OJ S 76, or contact Oslo Kommune, Oslo, fax +47 23437241. E-mail erik.bjoranesset@vav.oslo.kommune.no 17/08.

The federal Transport Secretariat is considering a proposal from Metro Córdoba, a consortium of Iecsa, Ghella and Alstom, to build a 15.8 km metro network with 17 stations in the city of Córdoba with private finance. Comprising two routes (north-south and east-west) with tunnels 9 m in diameter excavated with TBMs and running at a depth of 9 m below the surface, the project has been costed at USD1.1 billion.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 23rd June, 2008 to design the 18.2 km Ribes de Freser bypass road-La Molina section on road N-152 in Girona province. The section includes the 1,790 m Toses tunnel, a single bore bidirectional tunnel for two 3.5 m lanes, two shoulders and a berm. Read E-News Weekly 5/2005 & 7/2003. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=91926-2008, OJ S 68, or contact Ministry of development, Madrid, fax +34 915978547 or 915978470. E-mail jmmendoza@fomento.es or cpublic@fomento.es 16/08.

Invitation for prequalification, deadline 2nd May, 2008 for the construction and completion of headworks and tunnel construction (contract MDS/DT/01). The main scope of works include construction of a diversion tunnel, approximately 26.3 km long with cross section between 12 to 20 square metres, to be excavated by drill and blast method, construction of headworks intake structures and access roads, and hydraulic steelworks. Read E-News Weekly 5/2008, 25/2007, 18/2006, 42/2005 & 51/2002. Contact Melamchi Water Supply Development Board, Executive Director, Devkota Road, Baneswor, Kathmandu, Nepal, Tel. +977 14475303, fax +977 14468962, e-mail procurement@melamchiwater.org. Visit www.melamchiwater.org/busi_opp.htm 16/08.

Notice of concession contract, deadline 6th October, 2008 for design, build, finance and operation of the Torricelle tunnel in Verona, which is the missing link on the northern ring road between the east and west bypass roads. The project is 12 km long and comprises mainly a bridge in the Adige river and a 2 km twin bore tunnel from Ca’ Rossa di Poiano to Avesa. The cost estimate of the tunnel is EUR290 million. Read E-News Weekly 40/2007 & 17/2007. Visit www.traforo-torricelle.it for more. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=95483-2008, OJ S 71, or contact City of Verona, Verona, fax +39 0458 079300. E-mail traffico@comune.verona.it 16/08.

Invitation for bids, deadline 5th June, 2008 for construction of a powerhouse complex comprising a surge shaft, pressure shafts, machine hall, erection bay, control bay, transformer cavern, pot head yard, cable tunnel, MAT, tailrace tunnel and other tunnels for the 111 MW Sawra Kuddu hydroelectric project in Shimla district. Read E-News Weekly 33/2007 & 1/2003. Visit http://hppcb.nic.in/EIAKudduHEP/Chap1.pdf for more on the project. Contact Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd, General Manager (contracts), Shanti Kutir, Kamna Nagar, Chakkar, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India 171005. Tel. +91 1772832513, Fax +91 1772832307, e-mail hppc.contracts@gmail.com. Visit http://tenders.gov.in/viewtenddoc.asp?tid=hp126835&wno=1&td=TD 16/08.